Buying Intern
Location: DE, BE, Berlin
Department: Buying
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Internship
Industry: Retail
Function: Purchasing

Company profile:
We’re on a mission to create Europe’s go-to brand for fashion jewellery. Somewhere fashion forward women can discover &amp; buy extraordinary, hard to find jewellery from the most exciting &amp; inspirational designers from across the World.Jewellery that allows them to show off their style and individuality. Jewellery that makes people go “wow, where’d you get that”.We have a passion for fashion &amp; believe jewellery can change outfits and outlooks.

Job description:
Do you consider yourself a stylish individual who knows that it takes more than the right threads to make an outfit? Are you a self-starter with keen eye for new design &amp; trends, you’re as comfortable in a spreadsheet as you are in copy of Vogue and you’re keen to learn the ins and outs of fashion buying?  Do you want a very ‘hands on’ experience launching an exciting new idea and help grow it to become a large-scale business? Then you're in luck, Project J is hiring!What is Project J?We’re on a mission to create Europe’s go-to brand for fashion jewellery. Somewhere fashion forward women can discover &amp; buy extraordinary, hard to find jewellery from the most exciting &amp; inspirational designers from across the World.Jewellery that allows them to show off their style and individuality. Jewellery that makes people go “wow, where’d you get that”.We’re passionate about accessories &amp; believe the right jewellery can change outfits as well as outlooks.Who is behind Project J?We're a small team of experienced start up veterans who've help start up and grow brands including #URL_55fb30e96cf13443eef12c607b5ac18bdbd0a5cf83b4d9c8a909b88a55abce6f#, Llustre, onefinestay, Streetcar, #URL_830d3c11f137540faf522e19ab1ac7b6fb726e574f70888ca6e94dcd858e698f# and Monoqi as well as help larger businesses such as Tesco, Boots, John Lewis and Sporting Bet.At the moment the team is four strong - including the founders - so you'll be working directly with everyone across Project J.The position:You'll be working directly with the founding team to discover, source and buy jewellery from across Europe. As we're a very young start up you'll have the opportunity to be involved in every aspect of buying as well as getting to grips with other aspects of the business: from marketing to merchandising, creative to logistics, designer relations and PR.. and that’s only the start.Some of the things you'll be doing:Supporting the Head Buyer in sourcing hot new jewellery designers from across Europe, and working on bringing them on boardDeal with daily admin for the buying teamWorking with the HB to select pieces to fit margin, price and style considerationsWork closely with the creative &amp; marketing teams on merchandise planningBuilding &amp; maintaining great relationships with existing &amp; new suppliersManaging samples, supplier imagery and inventoryProducing weekly, visual best and worst sales reports for the entire teamAccompanying the HB to trade shows to find new designersManaging purchase orders, contracts &amp; after sales with designers &amp; suppliersHelping out in other teams as and when help is need - we’re one big family here!

Requirements:
We'd like to meet someone with:Great taste and style, a passion for designEnergy, tenacity and ambition. You're motivated to get things done yourselfCommon sense and street smartsFlexible &amp; collaborative working styleAn understanding of people and what they wantFantastic people skillsVery comfortable in ExcelFluency in another language would be a bonus.

Benefits:
We're a start up - there is too much to do. You'll have an amazing opportunity to work with some great people and make a big impact...... but at the same time you're going to have to work hard and be willing to get stuck into all aspects of the business.As we're at an early stage this is an unpaid internship but, for the right person, this could become a permanent, paid position within two to four months.Our promise to you is that this role will help turbo-charge your career in buying.